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1? Itthe imTNO g. gpi C A RT 1 1 AGE BANNER CARTHAGE, JASPER COUNTY, MISSOURI, FEBRUARY 8. 1877. WHOLE NUMBER 516 gfe'BANNBR. wsjii fjujn. A. F. Lewis. fBLAyP & LEWIS. 1TERMS: SPlcy. ona Year, - - $2 00 Bl Jvarlably in advance. iWgU ' ADVERTISING. Rm on LK8, COKSHTCTK A SQUAWS. i'e insertion 5100 eSiu l5al lasirtion 50 S3 IfWk I 1 ilCi I 3?Ps6-M'a! KM' t i j SU I 8 3 W I 8 3 "0 I $ .7 SI) $ 1 J way 4 60 7 00 I JO oof 15 00 I -JO HO (hcr ... .r. i . . . t ji i lui jui . ' Tin I'' .-kj I i. i -i I Holding Conns in Jasper -2m County. kllUOS f LEAS COURT. kaT in January, Maj aJ Octoocr tt 1 rri y?ort lonto la January. June r " nnrm TE COURT. inj&e-na D" nu couif uv tTVTr count. Jtoi Jannarr, April, July nnd . - XorcmwT. ' .P THE riiAOt. v,ii"-- erasoercrjrdar cxeep. Sundays RCH DIRECTOR,.. , lie UiUW no'ira i " - -rft-Tr Sabbath )RKSJ .jr ijcr Meeting. Thurs- t-Foartee. IS, I tnnrff R tue ItriCiJ ireu noun , ., , W'"a. m". rfolnThursdsy. 7i r. M. ... i, Welnesday, TJ p. M. c J. N. Piekck. Pastor. rZIXk., nnrr HTli!riV. at l trlloward Avenue, raorn-fcVemn 71 o'clock. Sun.tay U ola in the after-neon. Rev. II. 0. Wali, Rector. 3oot1 , , Sprvicrs fvrry runu.ij . iiinni-'eloek; ovpni-i-r at 7::W. Siuulav r-nait tv oVIock Covenant tunesll lV e, p.,;., . !,eforc fir.-t Siimlav i F. V. Buudett, lator. t'liuurn Cornor Chestnut iuton strsr-t. nilnvs at 10:'"! .. yj. Prnycr- iedav pvpn'ii's. o clot-k. i:. C'L'xxin'OIIA.m. Pastor. ritOD "rire fiery rmiiiiiif Mths first nnu tlnnl Snmlavs in po th- foIH-.rmj aim l.iv at 11 Jil in th evening at 7 o'clock p. lev I IIEnKOV, P.iytor. DIRECTORY. ftsS JJKduk. I. n. n. f.. No. i7i Hall. n l. nut fttrtct, .Mo:t- tif urf,.tP'l to tai-l u 'Hi in. tscil hitx. i.iuuicra in svu; 5.- Y bo tna:. i o o. i. xi). iss. ?iKffK' '"a. Situr lir ni'jut ol 'J tcwrmsj.a)l.ri , j 5!3n,iiii- are in WS; rt"4an5ij Mt8 u. S W D-YUO.V N. tJ. .Jaant. EC'v Gn. r. o. 0...!). rllill in IuUv.iv. lt and 3d each 'n infli. Itioliierjinsood J to m "i II. Vltl'i-S i i.ll. xlrx'v VvdTjtJlUU ta. ' iv nislit of -..Ji r. ltliri.lher's . ' inltal.v inviir JII.NGIOX, S. G iirTiP2,. I O. O F.. N". . TV,iv. il l.ri'hfrs in sond , i:m i:viNQ, N g. 'S'UK, I. O. O F.. NO. 3U. Fellows Hall evi-ry i""- ? T. D. JONK. N. O. 3.Bccv. I it II II l'.ll,ir.ll .'I ljl..r,,l IV 1cJi nontb. i wlier? be will have IICTTR 1 jA mow I i7 rC OIK KliTflRY y ' 5 jiiOiiaK. No. 197 Meets Sec-1 WWW 0!i!ies'iays in ach month. iTl -J. C. ALLES, XV . M. MttrXKB OP EXAMINATION'. !J.liiW Calm and J, Kroirnsill lOGK, No. ;7a.-,yertrj5abir- aVKXEs ilAltQUIS, XV. M. LOSXte. No. 291. Meets Tuesday pfjll moon. PAXTON xv. si - Scc't. SlTN IIOTAL ARCH CIIAinEU rilrvti at the Masonic -Hall in iridav eveninz on or before be Is month. . . L. J. BUKCll, 11. 1 fe, Sec'y. LODGE Xo. 471, A-F, & X. M. Ilcir Hall in Owhojd, Ttiu 6(iay fore the nil! or the moon ot cacn .. MOU1US YOUNG, W. II. Sec'v. - LTXHB'WS.IiI . B- in & SURGEON, iprofesjtonal services to the citi Carthage and vicinity. )llicc tof Publie quare. Hellene i opposite Odd Fellows' Hall. c IT Jt 1 t T it km or ai Law Jag yto r co n ry Mo-. .losiali Lane UN & LANE, Srneys at Eaw Iral Collecting arru Real Estate IMM Office Eouth SJd, mir 5ffAHIFHAGS. MO. ? . -m ;. JT. 31, WRITE. tfiRTHlGE, MO. INCES IJffloiJ--n. n i. , Jiy.; Kyr OaMj w r ir,r"'ni? Milt M ifMlfltoa' fraul-knott, 'et cW'8 'wnthVfest eomer L T" fioi2tr 1 C TTnmwenv irasiBW'-few l " . Blfcw the gue?sJi eikfcll - s Levi Sta. lrfc't. J. tl. Stark. Cnshie FARMERS & DROVERS' BAM CAUTHAGE. JIO. SELL GOLD. Goti rOY AND SELL GOLD. Government Secn- rities. Domestic and foreign lixcharse. DEPOSITS RECEIVED AKD INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME CERTIFICATES.Ppocifil attention givtn to collections. Cm-siHuUetit : K.mk of Commeice, Saint Louis: Ninth National l'.anfc, New Yolk, intitt F I K S T NationalBankof Carthage, CARTUAGE, .MISSOOKI, IXTILL lmv ami sell tSovcrnmvnt Securltips, V Mork.'JUmils ami O'oM. Kxeliange on St. LoiiU ami KastrrnCitintnRa)p. Money received on lei.03it. Eat sidts 1'ulilic Miuare. Collections Prompty Attended to. Jksse TiiACKRit. Pres. K. I'ixvey, Vic Tres. U. S. Thomas Cahirr. M. I.. Ueid. Pros. J. U. irnitLEY, Cashier Miners & Mecliaiiics' Savioas Baui: CARTHAGE, MO. Capoitnl Stoelc. 100,000 Does a peneae.l Itankinp: U(i!-inpi.: allow a interest on tinw IeIoit4 ; I5;iy and .celU Ex-cUanse, Unrurr nt ".Money, Coin, ami Kullion. Collections Mailt and Remitted Prompty. lOWlv. THOMAS B. TUTTLE, JUSTICS of tlie PEACE, ! AKD NOTARY PUBLIC. )Qlce Near S. Vf. Cor. Pahlie Square, CARTHAGE, MO. 11. II. ITABDixn It. F. r.rLLER. F5" AR.Ti71?a & S1TT.P,??.. Attorsaeys at Law, i t'n t'liinaC, ?ifo. j I rf'Oi'nc.' rtonm 1 . over IlulUn Ji McDn.iel's ore, S K cor. public mjiuiv. 1 aUtuil all Hie 1 l.. nit!-oi .usjier, Newton, l-av.'ix-nce and Hn ry C unities. Sl'Jlf Loan and Financial As;ciii Cartilage, Mo. Have a intc ai.d reliable Ab-.tl.ict ofTitlle to ' all Lauds and Town LoH in J.iier roitnlr . JOSEPH PC-UNTAIN, iittoi?22s at Law; Notary Public. Conveyancer, SSenl Estate Asrcsaf, Ornuon, Jasjicr t'ounty, icily LIVE STOCK DEALER. ' "tii-;ict pruo paid Tor FAT CA7TLE HOGS & SHEEP Onicc whli Faruioi S. :.oviV IJ-mk, CAIVH AHK, MO. 1012lf PHf il ,HiF 3 H CARTHAGE. MO. On the 1st or January, next will cerujiy rooms in lliu Sow Brlrli Bloclc, liast Slitc Nijuarc lgthan t ! rnpril nttetitioil iriven to I ni. I i,.-r ir,. worked ai India 1 1 ,r!d- , .-ill and see nu wll)3l-u.u .'L J.J BLftCRSBITHIMG I EILEWBURGr5c PIS LEE, will do all kinds or nUcLsmiihin?: and Wagon Work onihcit Notice and in the bestetyle. Special ttrszi tjou (Jivcn To ISOKSU !i!lElNC SV;i o:i Urint "tre.it, two doors n;ith o tl.a &Hcl'rilli's. lODSmd. We Dye to live, and we live to Dye CARTHAGE D YE-WORKS GENTS' COATS, r ANTS and VESTS DYED, CLEANED and REPAIRED -flics' Dre::cs, shawl?, scarfs, &c, of Sills or Wcol, DYED. ahon three doors t-aU oftbe Cartha?eHoust I.,, .ni "--irrirMrMii r5i E:i ''"'EXT F00T ft-V ifiliisrW'''""!' i"',:-ftlar an.l sur . lathes, rd Id dilierem 0,.:,pi1 xujn tii( wanti1'1"- . . ladies are maklf SlOperUiiyiiMnoniS.. to old btyle tbrown:'- these areknown.'l V " GU-f y,miva.iin.s..u.uv . 48 naae catalogue rree. w f . V ...S.E ockfoitt, Winnebago Co., Illinois. '; . , n. LIVERY, FEED AND S t STABLE- EAR SO.JTUEA.ST COU. SQUAKE, nood." 'at fot St. fes and ire betr. I;. Lrop. Krstfoek GOOD SIEWS NEW UERBBAST TAILOR SHOP OPEXED The iindert.i;ncii rosppctlnlly Invites Ids liatrons to call and s-ce Ids stock of Piece C3-OOW-3LS. which lie will make up in good stjle, and guarantee a lit. Also Clenniiig, Repairing and Cuffing done in all Its branches, to satisfaction. S, SY3IOXS, Next door to QueciiMvare Store, Ve:-t Side Square, Cartha;;?. "4tt" lOOlii PROVISIONS Jenkins .& Miller DKALEKS IN FLOUR.FEEO, BALED HAY Ami everytliiiis ten! in a flrst-class Grocery Store. Ilitflipst Price Paid for n'iF&rm Products! Ufall Kinds. Xorlh Shle Square, Cartilage. iiot-i on y Ull Ul VyVU VJtUILFlU M MOTHERSPAW RK&PIXTKUI.LY inurriH thvetitizens of .ar tlia.ireaml vicinitv, also tin-traveling piililic that Inj i tlie proiiricto'r ol si llrst-class Livery, Feed, AND SALE STABLE! Just North-west of Public Square Curth:i?e, Jasper :iuily, Mo. Horses, Buggies and Teams for Sale or Hire. ry Corn and Oats botujht. . Horses boarded week or m.mtli . Oriswold W r esale and ReJail Dealer in as ra UST ARRIVED FROM THirGREAT Direct trom San Francije.o and Hens icons, a lsrse invoice or NSW CROP TEAS, Spcciallr elcctcd for this market, cotijh win? hair-ciiects suit matted packsgrs consiat ing of Imperial, Ar,,, TTlifinir .......... Old Hyson, Gtin Powder, Souchong, Oolong, Congou cw ill store from Yokaliama, via. Xew York, .cw luJiWnll naUueit3 choicest LEAF JAPAN TEA il'Wl "owest Possible Price. :heatl Rcflned Sugar, j5to Rico Sugar, Ssvr Orleans Sugar, NewTork A Sugar, Dr.cirtafd Ground Sugar, J jU ColdidtExtra Gclden ayrop, i Chete KIo Coffee OKI SW OLD, S.B er" r- r r p r k t U W W rin la W .Q j-EOOES mum ki:iv yoiik. Letter from tlnn. A. tliolvrcll, ol till Citr. IIkd iiooi;, X. Y., Jan. 29. Kns. Banner :E:trIv in -Dcceni- bcr w.o hail our fust fall of miow, which h:is occasionsill v received ail- dilious to the loliil : moil nt of about lluce feet, which has now set tied to about two fut't, covered by a sharp hard crust. Although the slcighm is very good, it is rather painful to the horses v1i--mi turning out on meeting another sleigh. The wcath cr has been very uniform and comfortable: the thermometer having risen but lor two dajs above freex. ing point since winter set in and fallen but two mornings below zoro. Gaieties and amuseiuonts arc hero but Tew and thin ; the necessities and comforts of life arc abundant and substantial. II one is not content with these, three hours o the cars will put him amidst th'c clang and bustle of the great cily where every thing is to be had except quiet. The most important industry in this part of the country duringa portion of the winter, is the gathering of I he great ice harvest. I take much interest in watching the process Above the salt tides, along the banks of the Hudson Iliver, are erected many great tall buildings with double walls, and with storage capacity of from twenty to fifty thousand Ions of ice. As soon a the river is frozen each company goes upon the ice and with green boughs stake off their claim in mid-sl team, (as I once did in Kansas.) When the ice is strong enough to bear a horse, if snow has rallen in the meantime, they go on with scrapers and planes; clear it off and keep it clear until the ice is thick! enough for storing : then thev marshal their forces, in the neighborhood ot two hundred men and twenty horses. The ice is chalked oil into squares of '20x30 inches, iho ice plow or gouge repeatedly following! cutting the ice nearly through. During this time a canal has been cut to the building on s-hore. On tiic side of the building is a powerful engine and a great "traveler'" or endles chain reaching from the top of the building down into the water in the canal. Then after having been split from the main body acoiitan! stream of cakes ot ice is kept, moving thro' the canal, up the traveler, and by shoots pass down into the building, anil is stowed by gangs of men with pike-pole- So you ee, without having handled or lifted a single cake. Ibis immense crop is stored ready for market at an expense of from lif'.een to twenty-five cents a ton. The Ba N'NCi: has done true and loyal scniee for t he itepublican party for the past ten years; it is to be lamented that the services of such Imvc not been moro efficient in maintaining the quiet and good order oi our country. My compliments lo the members of the O. M. C. A. .srs.i'isiiR rtit suAKi.i:r t's:vi:r:. Dr. Henry Pigeon writes to the London Lancet as folljw: "The marvelous success which has attended my treatment of scarlet fever by sulphur induces me to let my medical brethren know of my plan, so that they may be able to apply the, same remedy without delay. All the cases in which I used it were very marked, and the epidermis on the arms in each case came away like the skin of a snake. The following was the exact treatment followed in each case: Thoroughly auuoint the patient twice daily with sulphur ointment ; give live to ten grains or sulphur in a little jam three times a day. Sufficient sulphur was burned, twice daily (on coals on a shovel), to fill the room with the fumes, and, of course, was thoroughly inhaled by the patient. Under this mode of treatment each case improved immediately, and none were over eight days in makiiig a complete recovery, and I firmly believe in each it was prevented from spreading by the treatment adopted. One case was in a large school. Having had a large experience in scailet fever last ear and this, I feel some confidence in my own judgment, and I am of the opinion that the very mildest cases I ever saw do not do half so well as bad cases do by the sulphur treatment, :riid as far as 1 can judge, sulphur is as near a specific for scarlet fever as possible." MR EDWARD THOnjITOX. The following pen portrait of Queen Victoria's representative at Washington, is very cleverly drawn by Mary Clemmer : Anybody would call him "a plain-looking man ;" yet. there is a scrupulous neatness about his attire that would make you look twice. Aside from that he is a latherly looking mortal, as if he were born into the world to protect young girls, a:id keep from all harm the weak and the defenceless. He has dark, kind, sagacious eyes, II. o regulation mutton-chop whiskers ot the Englishman, great big hands and feet altogether that beefsteak basis of body and limb which American lack and long for. No human being could bo lreer from pomposity or airs of any sort. Ilis feet, planted firmly on the solid earth seem to be forever striking out lor new miles to conquor, and his eyes to be forever in quest of some human creature whom he may help by the wav. The stately coach of the Eng- J'vh Legation may be seen any day on Yni'ivenue, with its maroon mci- ies and coekiided outriders ; oui me "Dean of the corps" is seldom in it. Uim you meet strides along the street, or riding in the F street cars. Therein no woman is so poor or so shabby that the British Minister will ot put her ticket In-the box . im. one so oldorugiy nuu .u H ve her his seat. Ileisatrentle.ua.. In ins energy, simplicity, k.udne. and "ood sense lie is anions diplo-mrfrat Dom Pedro is among ntonarchs-u man above kings. . Wagon wheels cannot ruu vcryjfnr t'Kl.lIll tVU .UAtSICtAUH. Scarcity of food led gioiips of primitive men to destroy fema'.c infants. It was of less consequence that fe - males tdiould be raised, at they would be less capable of contributing by theirIabor lo Ihe common good. Mr. Herbert Spencer in a lalu article in (lis Social Science Monihlv, ghes tius as the statement of Mr. MeL. - n - nan in nis won, on l riinnive .uar- riagc, ami men proceeus io mscuss, in an article of much interest, the thcrorics and discoveries of McLennan.From Hie fact that "groups of men destroyed female infants," they were compelled when they became anxious lo take wjves to "capture them troin without,;' which we suppose means that Ihcjf took them from some tribe wired was not in the habit of killing allJhefcuaJp bajbics. This practice of stealing the women of other ' gr nips" gradually led to biing considered improper fur a man lo marry i woman of lr.s own tribe or stock, though girls born within the tribe from uioihcrn born wMiotit were! considered eligible as wives. Mr. Spencer in examining the theories of McLennan, lakes exrepiion to many of the ideas advanced, and thinks the female infants were not killed bv primitive man, though it was t lie fashion to steal or capture as many as possible trom neighboring tribes. In other words they were considered prizes in thorn rude limes, as well as now. In examining the subject, Mr. Spencer refers to many curious customs regarding marriages in vogue by hall'-ciyili.ed or barbarous people, lie says: "Craulz tell? us concerning the Esquimaux that, when a damsel is a:-ked in marriage, she directlv fails into greatest apparent collier- ing without stint ihe wrongs coin-nation, and runs out of doors tearing i mil ted against tlu-m. 'taking his her bunt li ot hair; for single women position by ihe side of Win. Llojd always ailed the utmost bashfulness (j'arrNon in Ihe early history of the and aversion to any proposal ol mar-! anti-slavery movement, he continued riagc, lest they should lose their reputation for modesty. "' Like behavior is shown by Bushmen girls. When "a girl has grown up lo womanhood without, having previously been bet rot bed, her lover 111111 gain her own approbation, as well as that of her parents; and on this occasion his attentions are received wita an alienation of gieat alarm and disinclinat ion on her pari, and with some squabling on the part of her friends." Again, among the Sinai Arabs, says Burckhardt, a bride "defends herself with stones, and ol ten inflicts wounds on the yjuug men, even tho' she does not dislike the lover; for, according to custom, the more she struggles, bites, kicks, cries, and strikes, ihe more she is applauded j ever alter bj her own companions. During procession lo the husband's camp, decency obliges her to cry and sob most bitterly. " Of the Miizos, Piedrahita narrates alter agreement with the parents was made "the bridegroom came to sec liie bi ill- and staid ihree days caress-ing her, while she replied by beating him with her fists and siii-ks. After i 111111 II III! IICI u.u - these three davs she got tamer, and onked his meals." Among sonic nations it is deemed necessary that a great show of opposition to the marriage should be made by the girl's relatives. On the occasion of a marriage among the Araticanians, Smith tells us that "the women spring up on masse, and. arming themselves with clubs, stones and missiles of all kinds, rush to the defense of the distressed niaidn. It. is a point of honor with the bride to resist and struggle, however willing she maybe." And once iii-:e we learn from Griee that when a Kamtchatkan "bridegroom obtain the liberty of seizing h".s bride he seeks every opportunity of finding her alone, or in company of a few-people, for during this time all the women in life village are obliged to protect her. Among the Mapuches the man sometimes lays violent hands upon the damsel and carries her olf, and in such cases an equivalent is afterward paid lo the father; and ibis custom, it is thought, grew into the making of presents beforehand. Among the Gaudous, a tribe on tho southern shores of the Caspian Sea, the bridegroom must run away with his bride, although he thereby exposes himself to the vengeance of the parents, who, if thev liud him within three days, can lawfully put him to death. ITIore Muscle and I.cs Style. This is no eldorado. This city as well as Texas demands more producers and less consumers. There must be an equilibrium jp'pt up in this respect. The immigrant who comes li re with the intention of throwing off his coat and, seizing the plow or axe handle, never wants to gooatiw, .... ... soiuelv for such as he. But the one who 1 1. C . ..n An.... on lt..tw1- expects solt places, with little ma'dtal labor and good pay, will come to grid and disappointment quicker than in an state of tl.e Union. It is a hive which has no honey tor drones at any season of the year. The professions arc crowded. There are ten applications for clerkships j to one situation. J here are ten dcinanils for farm laborers to one supply. There are fifty thousand acres ol fine land lying idle to one in actual cultivation. More cotton can be raised in Texas than is now produced In the United States. More sugar than Louisiana sent to market in ISM). More corn than Ohio ever raised, ns much indeed as was ever raised in that state, Indiana and lllmois.AS- much wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes and apples, whilst the minor articles cannot be computed. It is men who want to embark In such callings as these Texas most needs, unless indeed thty can come won capiiu. H..UC...U...M.. ......u.-... 1 ......I. ! n- ff..r.tii, I ing or rainonu Diiiiuing.iueiu.. mmcuds the A German paper rec following recipe for making sacks stronger and more durable : lake a ..w.XM!.naa JllT IT r pounds ot oaken rtSlies to 2 gallons of boiling water; let. themixture boil for an lirtttT aiidf pour off the HquuLin which the acfc ....0,o1,nao5aLwoiitv.four bouis. tills JkkWJ? It it srfdji ss "tans" the X , just as v:niii:Li, i'sjii.i,us. IT Boston is the Athens of America, Wendell Phillips is its Demos- nhenes. His "pl;ilipu s" are scarce- ly less eloquent than I hose of his pro lotypc, while in scope and interest ilicy are superior. In ttiat coming i-e wuen Hie liiliaoilant of '1 imbue - loo stands upon the ruins of an arch iol London Bridge and recalls the lauuo grauoeut-ot that famous me- iropons, and Dewails the fallen "lory of that empire upon which the sun uuvci ci. or visns .ew oi K ami finds il a des date spot on which a few half-civilized fishermen spread their nets, doubt less Mr. PhilMpa' philippics"' will b-.-as classical as are now l lie speeches of the great d're-tian orator who roused the enthusiasm of Ihe Athenians by his masterly peroration. Demosthenes began his brilliant career as an advocate and orator by attempting to vindicate his personal rghis and those of his family, who had been robbed of their paternal in- I heritauce bv fraud Mr. Philips, on ihe o :icr hand, entered upon-his by csj.onaing thecaiisc office fpecch, which had been murdered in the person of Elijah P. Lovejoy, shot down by a mob at Iton, in Illinois, while defending ' his ollice and his press From that lime, lSIIiJ, to the ores- cut Mr. Phillips has been one of the most conspicuous and well-known defenders 'if "free speech and free men on : lie rostrum and in the press, ins arstoeralic family one of Ihe oldest and most diMinguishcd in Boston interposed no obstacle to Lis espousal of the cause of the Southern slaves, and for forty years Mr. Phillips iias been the consistent champion of their rights, denouue- to light the battle of liberty in times and in the mid-t of circumstances of reproach and peril wlrch would have ca..sed a Ics? heroic soul to subside into his elegant home on Beacr n Hill and enjoy his "otiiini cum digmtale" as Cicero did in the environs of Koine. But Wendell Phillips was made for a moral hero, and was not spoilsd in the making ; and a lite of unexampled devotion lo the ciuse of justice has been Ihe result. As an orator it may be iruihfulfy said he has few peers. He has not Ihe exploshe, intensely emotional style of Beecher, which sometimes lifts an audience to their feel, or the drainstie power of (iough, which alternately convulses with laughter and melts to tears; but lie is a far more scholarly and polished speaker Hum cither, and in ihe use of the English tongue for purposes of oratory has no npcrior since the time of Burke. His thoughts compact and logical, his rhetoric faultless, his voice melodious, his presence commanding, his convictions profound, his maniicroc-liberate but earnest, no man of this generation has excelled, if any has i - - - j equaled, Mr. Phillips. Chicago In- icr-O'-can. Hoiv a lloro Iisloi was aiausscd by nil Old Farmer. fl-'ro .i the KeoUuk CoiHtiitition . Last night Andrew Shnonson, who lives at Melrose, In this county, was aroused 15' a noise proceeding from the front of his house, and gelling no to ilis- 'cover the cause, tic found a gang ol three men advancing toward the house, who knocked at the front door and demanded admitanec. Not relishing Hip looks of the crowd, Mr. S. . alter barricading the lower floors established Iiknseit and wife up stairs and awaited the approach of the gang, after lefusiiig them admittance when they knocked at Ihe rout door. The thieves forced an entrance through the front entrance on the lower floor, and finding but poor plunder there, tried to cfltct an entrance into tlie stccud story. After hi ing bullied by the blockade which Mr. S. (iccted, they left the house and proceed) d to the outside, put up a ladder, and attempted to force an entrance into the second (story window and smashed a glass. As the glass was shattered; Mr. S. wa3 at the wii.dow and Hie yillinn on the lop of the ladder thrut his arm through and presented an old-fashioned horse pitol, loaded and capped. Mr. Shnonson seized the barrel ot the weapon anil wirnnli-cil it from the hand of the thief, just as the load was discharged. The bullet whizzing by his head and lodged in the oiling. Mr. S. kept posses.-inn of the pistol, and finally succeeded in driving the thieves from the house. Alter their lcpulsc Ihe rascals proceeded t. the barn and captured three valuable Inures all without shoes on and made good their escape. Mr. Siinonsou was in the city to-diy, and notified the police lorce of his Joss. He ceulil give no account of the thieves. except that there were two white men j wi,0 Iwil a nepro boy with t! em, whom - . J . ' , I they tried to put through a pane of glass they broke out of a window in the lower story. Winlcr Lite in London. Life in London begins and cuds a!(J j,, C (j,iv The verv crossing sweepers do not turn out till ten o'clock, anil no newsboys rouse ihe sleeping echoes ofotir streets at the unearthly hour of eight. Everything encourages a man lo lie in bed late of a morning. If he gets up at ' nmo lie win uiiuoic over inc iiousc A t . t 1 1 t.iu ,...i..:,tA Ar.n.. n.i.l main q jinn I'.ii.sitiu j.iu iiuui j 4ui even the cloth will not be laid for breakfast. Tho great "West End"' docs not seem to be fairly and about till three or four in the afternoon. Towards six the streets arc crowded I snd Burlington Arcade begins lo put , .tg livcHcst fa(.c At eight one i .i gOPS tO UlllllCr, ill.U ll I u ll c humi; t men than ladies present, you will get away before 11:30. Thus at. this time of tho year, the Londoner gels along wilh an infinitesimal quantity of daylight, and it is lucky for him Hint he l aDle io no so, lor me skj i h.thlrn by fogs nnd.vapors. and until one gets used to it, the heavy mid I il . H sombre air tins onewiiu ine -uuies, and gives mp dismal presentments ' of up,roiu,.iiii evil. -UILIHCIN slam;. The richness and varioty of Amer lean slang is remarked upon by al most nil English travelers, who, how - ,' ever, might find at home, in the Ian guagc of high born people, depari ures from purity quiie as frequent and as great as those prevalent with us. although nerhans not so 'rea t. for it must be confe.-sed that most of our slang is course .-.nd offensive, at least I in form. But the most remarkable i peculiarity in, 'regard to slang, or in- deed in regard to any new fanglc in language, is the quickness with which it is adopted, and comes, if not into general use, into general knowledge. This readiness of adaptability lo slang may. however, be attributed almost entirely to the (reporters and iiiakcrs-up of our newspapers, who catch eagerly at anything new in phraseology,. ns .well as in fact, to give a temporary interest to their ephemeral writing. Here for example, is the wonT bnlldofie," t do occasion of our remarks. A man who went on a journey to South America or to Europe four months ago would have departed in the depths of deplorable ignorance as to the very existence of this loely word; returning now, he would find it in full pos session ot l lie newspapers appearing in correspondence, in reports, in sensational head-lines, and even in leading articles. Although to the ! manor born, he would be puzzled at ; the phraseology of the very newspa- j per which mingled itself with his earliest recollections and with his breakfast : for there he would liud the new word in all possible forms and under all possible modifications : bnlldose, the noun ; to b:iI!do.e, the verb; bulldozing, tl.e present participle ; bulldoed. ihe j ast paniciplc; and even to the horror of tho author of "Words and their Ucs," and in spite of him, being bulldosed, ".he coniinuing participle of tho passive voice." Such a phenomenon in language is peculiar to this country. But notwithstanding the fears of ihepuiisls and the philologers, it .Iocs not threaten the existence of the English language heir, nor is it at all likely to tiled it permanently even by the a ldition of one phrase or word. For our use of slang; cf this kind is the most ileeling of temporary fashions. Such slang passes rapidly into use and into general recognition, and passes as quickly out again. Barllett's Dictionary ol Americanisms is full words of this kind "locofoco," for example which lived their shcrt lives, and then passed not oniy out of use but out of memory. While they are in vogue, howeer, Ihey deform our speech, ami they tend to increase our habits ot looseness in language; and thty bring reproach upon us such as that with an allusion to which we began this item. For our reputation's sake we ohoiild slop this: it subjects us with some reason to ridicule. But we shall not stop, because the men who could &ti it the editors will not do so. Very few papers in the country oulv two or three are really edited as to the language used in them ; and as to the slang of this sort, it is regarded as something pleasant to the ears ot the average reader, who is supposed to think it funny, Galaxy for January.A msii shcrirr on liis oiffulty. Gen. Mattoon, of Amberst, Mass., formerly sheriff of Hampton county, on starting one snowy winter many years ago to drive lo Xorthamptoi. to open court, met a team and shouted to the driver, "Turn out! I am High Sheriff of the county." The man pulled his coat collar up around his cars and replied, "I don't care who you are; I'm in no great hurry." The result was that the General had to unhitch and lead his horse by, while i he stranger went his way. Meeting another team before reaching Iladley. the SheriU tried the same game with better success, saying, "Turn out ! I am High Sheriff of the county. If on don't, I'll serve you as I did a fellow I met back here a piece." The man unhitched in a jiffy and put his sleigh on the bank and let the Sheriff pass, and, as he did so called out to him, "What did you do with that fellow back there?" "Oh,'" said the General, "he wouldn't turn out, so I turned out." The bill "to rrgtihle immigration," introduced in the House of Kepresenta-lives by Mr. Cox, meets with opposition trom every quarter. If is claimed that it Is opposed to the spirit of the United States treaties with loicign powers, and that it violates the comity of nations by preventing free ingrcs into the Uniteil States. The New YorX Times characterized the bill (which proposes a tax ot a heau money on every immigrant ar- riving in the ports ol tlie Untt-d Slates) as a measure ttfdiscouragc foreign immi , .. gration. and says: "Asa matter ot principle, a capitation tax is nidefensi- ble; as a matter ot expediency, it is unwise. The bill is as ungenerous as it is impolitic." Tbc Surplus Geneva Award. The Americans arc puzzled to know what to do with the money paid under tfie Geneva Award. They have paid up all claims, and the Alabama Commission ceased to exist at the end of the year, but there is a surplus of XI. 800,000 remaining undistributed. Part of this has accrued from interest, but the whole sum now lies at the disposal of Congress and the President. " It is said that there is.r strong feeling in the .United Stale? 'In fayor ot "returning ihe balance to Great Britain, and we can only hope that it may be influential enough to affect the action ot Congress. Such an act of polit ical honesty would vdo more tp make lUtUre arbitrations'possible, and ton; stoietlie confidence of Great Britain in the American people, than a dozen. trea iies,ojndrwe are not without hope that it may be. performed'. There is sometimes a deficiency of justice over 'there, espeel ally aboutlioundry claims, but, -tbero Is never' a ddhiencyof generosity. This countrv decs not want the mom y,' brf-it doe want evidence that the Aran in pressing the Alabama. c1aimi'U!ffb ly, sought only juiuw. l.ouiwjigwij tator. t.-.vi-: ij . ;'i:t::v. A rmi u-rase came up in the court of common pleas yesterday. Leopold Stern, a member of the modest, guild of "ooni-n -rci 1 travelers" Ins begun a suit against Ins employers, Sarto Newman, of this city, to obtain $900 lor special service. The story of the plaiuiifl is that .one of the members ot Ibc firm' Was cuamorejl of a maiden in Xcw Orleans. The claims of bus iness were too urgent to permit his absence from this city ; the demands of love were equally pressing. Loth to choose between Cupid and cupidity, he finally selected Stern as his matrimonial envoy, gave him carlo blanche to conduct the wooing of the Southern bcauty4.uL.-lyaS2? Ihe address of his'"nrrrimrriif---sued the even tenor of hisititines8 life. Xeed it be said that tlie Sjcrri, chase, though long, Svas lmccessful r" " The commercial traveler was equal to the occasion. How he conducted this vicarious wooing will foreyer remain a mvsterv. bufuec it to sa that he'put hiiii'.clf in iii3 employer's place more adroitly than Charics Bcade's hero could have done, and was present at the hymeneal a.ltar when business and beauty were made one flesh. The sentiment of this storv ended here : now enters the sordid clement. Before the honeymoon had ovauctl Stem began lo grow impatient. His employer was paiufUlv reticent about the pay for his sen ices. AVheii a personal demand wn made by Stern the ungrateful husband thought that five hundred dollars would fully compensate for his special service in the Ciescent City. The traveler would listen to no such cheapening of his work; demanded 'JUO; was refused ; hence Ihe suit Xcw York Tribune. Is I'olitc Society I'olilo! From the St I,otiU Republican Stat tilt. 1 The appearance of Mrs. Jtd a Ward Howe, of Boston, at Washington University hall Inst evening drew lorth a very appreciative audience, a goodly portion being ladies. The speaker was introduced by Prof. Harris, superintendent ot the public schools, and uttered ft once upon her subject: "I Polite Society Polite?" She said th.it she iuteiid.il to ask rather than to answer the question. She defined polite society to be that portion of society that arrogates to itself to be the standard of taste and t!i3 embodiment ol good manners. Her purpose would be not to s.itiriz', but so expose its abuses and short-comings. The politeness that is but skin-deep and lull of grimaces and contortions represented nothing real. A man that is honestly: rough has at least one good quality-honesty. When the sott voice is heard we have but to look in the face and it tells the story of sincerity or msir eerily. Tlie speaker then gavea thorough analysis of the various phases oftruv;--pnliti-u ess, illustrating her theme l'rc:n the Scriptures,-the writings of Mines. Dj Stael anil Sevtgne anJ the novels of Balzac. Khe gave a .scathing rebuke of the unmannerly treatment accorded the age anil also that frequently received by the poor relations of purse proud people who had lit le regard for the lies of natural affection. In this connection an Incident was related. In a dead lirle town ot New England where she read her lecture, there appeared such a li-tlcss indilVereneo to what she was saying that she concluded she might as well have spoken to a? many wooden nine-pins. But the seed sown had not fallen altogether in stony places. The next morning she was informed that a man who had put his brother in a poor house had concluded to take him out alter heat ing wh it Mrs. Howe had said about it. The'aflVetaiion of ex-elusiveness, the ridiculous pretensions of the parvenue. the forwardness of Inexperienced youth, Ihe absurditv of polito teligion, of polite learning ami pedantry, were sketch il with a iiia-ter-haii-I, and held up so true to n itare and tlie experience of all, that the speaker was greeted with frequent applause. The esiay was throughout itplcte with sound thought and apt illustrations. Its delivery Listed about one hour. IIOTLIFUL, PROSPECTS. rx. Y. Correspondence rMIad.Ii.hia Lvdj-r Business men are talking ver hopefully of the prospects of tho coming spring trade, and it is proper to say letters from their correspon dents and agents, from about all parts of the country, received witliiu the week or I wo past, are of a char acter to abundantly justify it.--Tho details would make a column of good reading for the Ledger, but tt is enough to say here that the reasons which they bring to the support of their statements are such as can not well be disputed. Stocks ol goods of almost every description arc unpre- cedcntedly low, and prices arc prob ably down to points beyond which there can hardly be a "lower deep." Another year of close economy ami saving lias increased the nbihtr of the farmers ami most other classes to take advantage of the opportunity thus presented to come into the mar ket. The weak spots in the credit system have been unearthed, and i is believed we have got through with' bankruptcies and fail ures.- Moncv is so abundant, and the opporlunitien for profitable investments are so scarce, that the capitalist .class will be less reluctant than they havp'Dcen , : since the panic to embark in now enterprises. As to the political-dis pute, there are but few merchants or business men now who anticipate oth- er than a peeceablc adjustment of it,- " As long as it is undecided, of ,courso it is felt to be more jov leSk of a "skeleton at thfeast,".r but lujjjfi'l- f eton is not expected loMarri' "with us in rftiy eyeut after tlie second "'TijcsV" ciay oi ner One fffeitTrccently. while meeting was In progress at CHTAtttDi thjk t-luri. school hous,Vin .Barry out. AffeMijfrXlt.t lie nnu wrme;fta,eo "Aanipoti" ; niglif. ,tj WasW imuiHi aru la tfikin;' Hklng lranger enter at. as Mm -i 1 sri ,-. U ' 7 ,1 r'rfiiaffe Mo. l,.v-7 ni without being Ured

1? Itthe imTNO g. gpi C A RT 1 1 AGE BANNER CARTHAGE, JASPER COUNTY, MISSOURI, FEBRUARY 8. 1877. WHOLE NUMBER 516 gfe'BANNBR. wsjii fjujn. A. F. Lewis. fBLAyP & LEWIS. 1TERMS: SPlcy. ona Year, - - $2 00 Bl Jvarlably in advance. iWgU ' ADVERTISING. Rm on LK8, COKSHTCTK A SQUAWS. i'e insertion 5100 eSiu l5al lasirtion 50 S3 IfWk I 1 ilCi I 3?Ps6-M'a! KM' t i j SU I 8 3 W I 8 3 "0 I $ .7 SI) $ 1 J way 4 60 7 00 I JO oof 15 00 I -JO HO (hcr ... .r. i . . . t ji i lui jui . ' Tin I'' .-kj I i. i -i I Holding Conns in Jasper -2m County. kllUOS f LEAS COURT. kaT in January, Maj aJ Octoocr tt 1 rri y?ort lonto la January. June r " nnrm TE COURT. inj&e-na D" nu couif uv tTVTr count. Jtoi Jannarr, April, July nnd . - XorcmwT. ' .P THE riiAOt. v,ii"-- erasoercrjrdar cxeep. Sundays RCH DIRECTOR,.. , lie UiUW no'ira i " - -rft-Tr Sabbath )RKSJ .jr ijcr Meeting. Thurs- t-Foartee. IS, I tnnrff R tue ItriCiJ ireu noun , ., , W'"a. m". rfolnThursdsy. 7i r. M. ... i, Welnesday, TJ p. M. c J. N. Piekck. Pastor. rZIXk., nnrr HTli!riV. at l trlloward Avenue, raorn-fcVemn 71 o'clock. Sun.tay U ola in the after-neon. Rev. II. 0. Wali, Rector. 3oot1 , , Sprvicrs fvrry runu.ij . iiinni-'eloek; ovpni-i-r at 7::W. Siuulav r-nait tv oVIock Covenant tunesll lV e, p.,;., . !,eforc fir.-t Siimlav i F. V. Buudett, lator. t'liuurn Cornor Chestnut iuton strsr-t. nilnvs at 10:'"! .. yj. Prnycr- iedav pvpn'ii's. o clot-k. i:. C'L'xxin'OIIA.m. Pastor. ritOD "rire fiery rmiiiiiif Mths first nnu tlnnl Snmlavs in po th- foIH-.rmj aim l.iv at 11 Jil in th evening at 7 o'clock p. lev I IIEnKOV, P.iytor. DIRECTORY. ftsS JJKduk. I. n. n. f.. No. i7i Hall. n l. nut fttrtct, .Mo:t- tif urf,.tP'l to tai-l u 'Hi in. tscil hitx. i.iuuicra in svu; 5.- Y bo tna:. i o o. i. xi). iss. ?iKffK' '"a. Situr lir ni'jut ol 'J tcwrmsj.a)l.ri , j 5!3n,iiii- are in WS; rt"4an5ij Mt8 u. S W D-YUO.V N. tJ. .Jaant. EC'v Gn. r. o. 0...!). rllill in IuUv.iv. lt and 3d each 'n infli. Itioliierjinsood J to m "i II. Vltl'i-S i i.ll. xlrx'v VvdTjtJlUU ta. ' iv nislit of -..Ji r. ltliri.lher's . ' inltal.v inviir JII.NGIOX, S. G iirTiP2,. I O. O F.. N". . TV,iv. il l.ri'hfrs in sond , i:m i:viNQ, N g. 'S'UK, I. O. O F.. NO. 3U. Fellows Hall evi-ry i""- ? T. D. JONK. N. O. 3.Bccv. I it II II l'.ll,ir.ll .'I ljl..r,,l IV 1cJi nontb. i wlier? be will have IICTTR 1 jA mow I i7 rC OIK KliTflRY y ' 5 jiiOiiaK. No. 197 Meets Sec-1 WWW 0!i!ies'iays in ach month. iTl -J. C. ALLES, XV . M. MttrXKB OP EXAMINATION'. !J.liiW Calm and J, Kroirnsill lOGK, No. ;7a.-,yertrj5abir- aVKXEs ilAltQUIS, XV. M. LOSXte. No. 291. Meets Tuesday pfjll moon. PAXTON xv. si - Scc't. SlTN IIOTAL ARCH CIIAinEU rilrvti at the Masonic -Hall in iridav eveninz on or before be Is month. . . L. J. BUKCll, 11. 1 fe, Sec'y. LODGE Xo. 471, A-F, & X. M. Ilcir Hall in Owhojd, Ttiu 6(iay fore the nil! or the moon ot cacn .. MOU1US YOUNG, W. II. Sec'v. - LTXHB'WS.IiI . B- in & SURGEON, iprofesjtonal services to the citi Carthage and vicinity. )llicc tof Publie quare. Hellene i opposite Odd Fellows' Hall. c IT Jt 1 t T it km or ai Law Jag yto r co n ry Mo-. .losiali Lane UN & LANE, Srneys at Eaw Iral Collecting arru Real Estate IMM Office Eouth SJd, mir 5ffAHIFHAGS. MO. ? . -m ;. JT. 31, WRITE. tfiRTHlGE, MO. INCES IJffloiJ--n. n i. , Jiy.; Kyr OaMj w r ir,r"'ni? Milt M ifMlfltoa' fraul-knott, 'et cW'8 'wnthVfest eomer L T" fioi2tr 1 C TTnmwenv irasiBW'-few l " . Blfcw the gue?sJi eikfcll - s Levi Sta. lrfc't. J. tl. Stark. Cnshie FARMERS & DROVERS' BAM CAUTHAGE. JIO. SELL GOLD. Goti rOY AND SELL GOLD. Government Secn- rities. Domestic and foreign lixcharse. DEPOSITS RECEIVED AKD INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME CERTIFICATES.Ppocifil attention givtn to collections. Cm-siHuUetit : K.mk of Commeice, Saint Louis: Ninth National l'.anfc, New Yolk, intitt F I K S T NationalBankof Carthage, CARTUAGE, .MISSOOKI, IXTILL lmv ami sell tSovcrnmvnt Securltips, V Mork.'JUmils ami O'oM. Kxeliange on St. LoiiU ami KastrrnCitintnRa)p. Money received on lei.03it. Eat sidts 1'ulilic Miuare. Collections Prompty Attended to. Jksse TiiACKRit. Pres. K. I'ixvey, Vic Tres. U. S. Thomas Cahirr. M. I.. Ueid. Pros. J. U. irnitLEY, Cashier Miners & Mecliaiiics' Savioas Baui: CARTHAGE, MO. Capoitnl Stoelc. 100,000 Does a peneae.l Itankinp: U(i!-inpi.: allow a interest on tinw IeIoit4 ; I5;iy and .celU Ex-cUanse, Unrurr nt ".Money, Coin, ami Kullion. Collections Mailt and Remitted Prompty. lOWlv. THOMAS B. TUTTLE, JUSTICS of tlie PEACE, ! AKD NOTARY PUBLIC. )Qlce Near S. Vf. Cor. Pahlie Square, CARTHAGE, MO. 11. II. ITABDixn It. F. r.rLLER. F5" AR.Ti71?a & S1TT.P,??.. Attorsaeys at Law, i t'n t'liinaC, ?ifo. j I rf'Oi'nc.' rtonm 1 . over IlulUn Ji McDn.iel's ore, S K cor. public mjiuiv. 1 aUtuil all Hie 1 l.. nit!-oi .usjier, Newton, l-av.'ix-nce and Hn ry C unities. Sl'Jlf Loan and Financial As;ciii Cartilage, Mo. Have a intc ai.d reliable Ab-.tl.ict ofTitlle to ' all Lauds and Town LoH in J.iier roitnlr . JOSEPH PC-UNTAIN, iittoi?22s at Law; Notary Public. Conveyancer, SSenl Estate Asrcsaf, Ornuon, Jasjicr t'ounty, icily LIVE STOCK DEALER. ' "tii-;ict pruo paid Tor FAT CA7TLE HOGS & SHEEP Onicc whli Faruioi S. :.oviV IJ-mk, CAIVH AHK, MO. 1012lf PHf il ,HiF 3 H CARTHAGE. MO. On the 1st or January, next will cerujiy rooms in lliu Sow Brlrli Bloclc, liast Slitc Nijuarc lgthan t ! rnpril nttetitioil iriven to I ni. I i,.-r ir,. worked ai India 1 1 ,r!d- , .-ill and see nu wll)3l-u.u .'L J.J BLftCRSBITHIMG I EILEWBURGr5c PIS LEE, will do all kinds or nUcLsmiihin?: and Wagon Work onihcit Notice and in the bestetyle. Special ttrszi tjou (Jivcn To ISOKSU !i!lElNC SV;i o:i Urint "tre.it, two doors n;ith o tl.a &Hcl'rilli's. lODSmd. We Dye to live, and we live to Dye CARTHAGE D YE-WORKS GENTS' COATS, r ANTS and VESTS DYED, CLEANED and REPAIRED -flics' Dre::cs, shawl?, scarfs, &c, of Sills or Wcol, DYED. ahon three doors t-aU oftbe Cartha?eHoust I.,, .ni "--irrirMrMii r5i E:i ''"'EXT F00T ft-V ifiliisrW'''""!' i"',:-ftlar an.l sur . lathes, rd Id dilierem 0,.:,pi1 xujn tii( wanti1'1"- . . ladies are maklf SlOperUiiyiiMnoniS.. to old btyle tbrown:'- these areknown.'l V " GU-f y,miva.iin.s..u.uv . 48 naae catalogue rree. w f . V ...S.E ockfoitt, Winnebago Co., Illinois. '; . , n. LIVERY, FEED AND S t STABLE- EAR SO.JTUEA.ST COU. SQUAKE, nood." 'at fot St. fes and ire betr. I;. Lrop. Krstfoek GOOD SIEWS NEW UERBBAST TAILOR SHOP OPEXED The iindert.i;ncii rosppctlnlly Invites Ids liatrons to call and s-ce Ids stock of Piece C3-OOW-3LS. which lie will make up in good stjle, and guarantee a lit. Also Clenniiig, Repairing and Cuffing done in all Its branches, to satisfaction. S, SY3IOXS, Next door to QueciiMvare Store, Ve:-t Side Square, Cartha;;?. "4tt" lOOlii PROVISIONS Jenkins .& Miller DKALEKS IN FLOUR.FEEO, BALED HAY Ami everytliiiis ten! in a flrst-class Grocery Store. Ilitflipst Price Paid for n'iF&rm Products! Ufall Kinds. Xorlh Shle Square, Cartilage. iiot-i on y Ull Ul VyVU VJtUILFlU M MOTHERSPAW RK&PIXTKUI.LY inurriH thvetitizens of .ar tlia.ireaml vicinitv, also tin-traveling piililic that Inj i tlie proiiricto'r ol si llrst-class Livery, Feed, AND SALE STABLE! Just North-west of Public Square Curth:i?e, Jasper :iuily, Mo. Horses, Buggies and Teams for Sale or Hire. ry Corn and Oats botujht. . Horses boarded week or m.mtli . Oriswold W r esale and ReJail Dealer in as ra UST ARRIVED FROM THirGREAT Direct trom San Francije.o and Hens icons, a lsrse invoice or NSW CROP TEAS, Spcciallr elcctcd for this market, cotijh win? hair-ciiects suit matted packsgrs consiat ing of Imperial, Ar,,, TTlifinir .......... Old Hyson, Gtin Powder, Souchong, Oolong, Congou cw ill store from Yokaliama, via. Xew York, .cw luJiWnll naUueit3 choicest LEAF JAPAN TEA il'Wl "owest Possible Price. :heatl Rcflned Sugar, j5to Rico Sugar, Ssvr Orleans Sugar, NewTork A Sugar, Dr.cirtafd Ground Sugar, J jU ColdidtExtra Gclden ayrop, i Chete KIo Coffee OKI SW OLD, S.B er" r- r r p r k t U W W rin la W .Q j-EOOES mum ki:iv yoiik. Letter from tlnn. A. tliolvrcll, ol till Citr. IIkd iiooi;, X. Y., Jan. 29. Kns. Banner :E:trIv in -Dcceni- bcr w.o hail our fust fall of miow, which h:is occasionsill v received ail- dilious to the loliil : moil nt of about lluce feet, which has now set tied to about two fut't, covered by a sharp hard crust. Although the slcighm is very good, it is rather painful to the horses v1i--mi turning out on meeting another sleigh. The wcath cr has been very uniform and comfortable: the thermometer having risen but lor two dajs above freex. ing point since winter set in and fallen but two mornings below zoro. Gaieties and amuseiuonts arc hero but Tew and thin ; the necessities and comforts of life arc abundant and substantial. II one is not content with these, three hours o the cars will put him amidst th'c clang and bustle of the great cily where every thing is to be had except quiet. The most important industry in this part of the country duringa portion of the winter, is the gathering of I he great ice harvest. I take much interest in watching the process Above the salt tides, along the banks of the Hudson Iliver, are erected many great tall buildings with double walls, and with storage capacity of from twenty to fifty thousand Ions of ice. As soon a the river is frozen each company goes upon the ice and with green boughs stake off their claim in mid-sl team, (as I once did in Kansas.) When the ice is strong enough to bear a horse, if snow has rallen in the meantime, they go on with scrapers and planes; clear it off and keep it clear until the ice is thick! enough for storing : then thev marshal their forces, in the neighborhood ot two hundred men and twenty horses. The ice is chalked oil into squares of '20x30 inches, iho ice plow or gouge repeatedly following! cutting the ice nearly through. During this time a canal has been cut to the building on s-hore. On tiic side of the building is a powerful engine and a great "traveler'" or endles chain reaching from the top of the building down into the water in the canal. Then after having been split from the main body acoiitan! stream of cakes ot ice is kept, moving thro' the canal, up the traveler, and by shoots pass down into the building, anil is stowed by gangs of men with pike-pole- So you ee, without having handled or lifted a single cake. Ibis immense crop is stored ready for market at an expense of from lif'.een to twenty-five cents a ton. The Ba N'NCi: has done true and loyal scniee for t he itepublican party for the past ten years; it is to be lamented that the services of such Imvc not been moro efficient in maintaining the quiet and good order oi our country. My compliments lo the members of the O. M. C. A. .srs.i'isiiR rtit suAKi.i:r t's:vi:r:. Dr. Henry Pigeon writes to the London Lancet as folljw: "The marvelous success which has attended my treatment of scarlet fever by sulphur induces me to let my medical brethren know of my plan, so that they may be able to apply the, same remedy without delay. All the cases in which I used it were very marked, and the epidermis on the arms in each case came away like the skin of a snake. The following was the exact treatment followed in each case: Thoroughly auuoint the patient twice daily with sulphur ointment ; give live to ten grains or sulphur in a little jam three times a day. Sufficient sulphur was burned, twice daily (on coals on a shovel), to fill the room with the fumes, and, of course, was thoroughly inhaled by the patient. Under this mode of treatment each case improved immediately, and none were over eight days in makiiig a complete recovery, and I firmly believe in each it was prevented from spreading by the treatment adopted. One case was in a large school. Having had a large experience in scailet fever last ear and this, I feel some confidence in my own judgment, and I am of the opinion that the very mildest cases I ever saw do not do half so well as bad cases do by the sulphur treatment, :riid as far as 1 can judge, sulphur is as near a specific for scarlet fever as possible." MR EDWARD THOnjITOX. The following pen portrait of Queen Victoria's representative at Washington, is very cleverly drawn by Mary Clemmer : Anybody would call him "a plain-looking man ;" yet. there is a scrupulous neatness about his attire that would make you look twice. Aside from that he is a latherly looking mortal, as if he were born into the world to protect young girls, a:id keep from all harm the weak and the defenceless. He has dark, kind, sagacious eyes, II. o regulation mutton-chop whiskers ot the Englishman, great big hands and feet altogether that beefsteak basis of body and limb which American lack and long for. No human being could bo lreer from pomposity or airs of any sort. Ilis feet, planted firmly on the solid earth seem to be forever striking out lor new miles to conquor, and his eyes to be forever in quest of some human creature whom he may help by the wav. The stately coach of the Eng- J'vh Legation may be seen any day on Yni'ivenue, with its maroon mci- ies and coekiided outriders ; oui me "Dean of the corps" is seldom in it. Uim you meet strides along the street, or riding in the F street cars. Therein no woman is so poor or so shabby that the British Minister will ot put her ticket In-the box . im. one so oldorugiy nuu .u H ve her his seat. Ileisatrentle.ua.. In ins energy, simplicity, k.udne. and "ood sense lie is anions diplo-mrfrat Dom Pedro is among ntonarchs-u man above kings. . Wagon wheels cannot ruu vcryjfnr t'Kl.lIll tVU .UAtSICtAUH. Scarcity of food led gioiips of primitive men to destroy fema'.c infants. It was of less consequence that fe - males tdiould be raised, at they would be less capable of contributing by theirIabor lo Ihe common good. Mr. Herbert Spencer in a lalu article in (lis Social Science Monihlv, ghes tius as the statement of Mr. MeL. - n - nan in nis won, on l riinnive .uar- riagc, ami men proceeus io mscuss, in an article of much interest, the thcrorics and discoveries of McLennan.From Hie fact that "groups of men destroyed female infants," they were compelled when they became anxious lo take wjves to "capture them troin without,;' which we suppose means that Ihcjf took them from some tribe wired was not in the habit of killing allJhefcuaJp bajbics. This practice of stealing the women of other ' gr nips" gradually led to biing considered improper fur a man lo marry i woman of lr.s own tribe or stock, though girls born within the tribe from uioihcrn born wMiotit were! considered eligible as wives. Mr. Spencer in examining the theories of McLennan, lakes exrepiion to many of the ideas advanced, and thinks the female infants were not killed bv primitive man, though it was t lie fashion to steal or capture as many as possible trom neighboring tribes. In other words they were considered prizes in thorn rude limes, as well as now. In examining the subject, Mr. Spencer refers to many curious customs regarding marriages in vogue by hall'-ciyili.ed or barbarous people, lie says: "Craulz tell? us concerning the Esquimaux that, when a damsel is a:-ked in marriage, she directlv fails into greatest apparent collier- ing without stint ihe wrongs coin-nation, and runs out of doors tearing i mil ted against tlu-m. 'taking his her bunt li ot hair; for single women position by ihe side of Win. Llojd always ailed the utmost bashfulness (j'arrNon in Ihe early history of the and aversion to any proposal ol mar-! anti-slavery movement, he continued riagc, lest they should lose their reputation for modesty. "' Like behavior is shown by Bushmen girls. When "a girl has grown up lo womanhood without, having previously been bet rot bed, her lover 111111 gain her own approbation, as well as that of her parents; and on this occasion his attentions are received wita an alienation of gieat alarm and disinclinat ion on her pari, and with some squabling on the part of her friends." Again, among the Sinai Arabs, says Burckhardt, a bride "defends herself with stones, and ol ten inflicts wounds on the yjuug men, even tho' she does not dislike the lover; for, according to custom, the more she struggles, bites, kicks, cries, and strikes, ihe more she is applauded j ever alter bj her own companions. During procession lo the husband's camp, decency obliges her to cry and sob most bitterly. " Of the Miizos, Piedrahita narrates alter agreement with the parents was made "the bridegroom came to sec liie bi ill- and staid ihree days caress-ing her, while she replied by beating him with her fists and siii-ks. After i 111111 II III! IICI u.u - these three davs she got tamer, and onked his meals." Among sonic nations it is deemed necessary that a great show of opposition to the marriage should be made by the girl's relatives. On the occasion of a marriage among the Araticanians, Smith tells us that "the women spring up on masse, and. arming themselves with clubs, stones and missiles of all kinds, rush to the defense of the distressed niaidn. It. is a point of honor with the bride to resist and struggle, however willing she maybe." And once iii-:e we learn from Griee that when a Kamtchatkan "bridegroom obtain the liberty of seizing h".s bride he seeks every opportunity of finding her alone, or in company of a few-people, for during this time all the women in life village are obliged to protect her. Among the Mapuches the man sometimes lays violent hands upon the damsel and carries her olf, and in such cases an equivalent is afterward paid lo the father; and ibis custom, it is thought, grew into the making of presents beforehand. Among the Gaudous, a tribe on tho southern shores of the Caspian Sea, the bridegroom must run away with his bride, although he thereby exposes himself to the vengeance of the parents, who, if thev liud him within three days, can lawfully put him to death. ITIore Muscle and I.cs Style. This is no eldorado. This city as well as Texas demands more producers and less consumers. There must be an equilibrium jp'pt up in this respect. The immigrant who comes li re with the intention of throwing off his coat and, seizing the plow or axe handle, never wants to gooatiw, .... ... soiuelv for such as he. But the one who 1 1. C . ..n An.... on lt..tw1- expects solt places, with little ma'dtal labor and good pay, will come to grid and disappointment quicker than in an state of tl.e Union. It is a hive which has no honey tor drones at any season of the year. The professions arc crowded. There are ten applications for clerkships j to one situation. J here are ten dcinanils for farm laborers to one supply. There are fifty thousand acres ol fine land lying idle to one in actual cultivation. More cotton can be raised in Texas than is now produced In the United States. More sugar than Louisiana sent to market in ISM). More corn than Ohio ever raised, ns much indeed as was ever raised in that state, Indiana and lllmois.AS- much wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes and apples, whilst the minor articles cannot be computed. It is men who want to embark In such callings as these Texas most needs, unless indeed thty can come won capiiu. H..UC...U...M.. ......u.-... 1 ......I. ! n- ff..r.tii, I ing or rainonu Diiiiuing.iueiu.. mmcuds the A German paper rec following recipe for making sacks stronger and more durable : lake a ..w.XM!.naa JllT IT r pounds ot oaken rtSlies to 2 gallons of boiling water; let. themixture boil for an lirtttT aiidf pour off the HquuLin which the acfc ....0,o1,nao5aLwoiitv.four bouis. tills JkkWJ? It it srfdji ss "tans" the X , just as v:niii:Li, i'sjii.i,us. IT Boston is the Athens of America, Wendell Phillips is its Demos- nhenes. His "pl;ilipu s" are scarce- ly less eloquent than I hose of his pro lotypc, while in scope and interest ilicy are superior. In ttiat coming i-e wuen Hie liiliaoilant of '1 imbue - loo stands upon the ruins of an arch iol London Bridge and recalls the lauuo grauoeut-ot that famous me- iropons, and Dewails the fallen "lory of that empire upon which the sun uuvci ci. or visns .ew oi K ami finds il a des date spot on which a few half-civilized fishermen spread their nets, doubt less Mr. PhilMpa' philippics"' will b-.-as classical as are now l lie speeches of the great d're-tian orator who roused the enthusiasm of Ihe Athenians by his masterly peroration. Demosthenes began his brilliant career as an advocate and orator by attempting to vindicate his personal rghis and those of his family, who had been robbed of their paternal in- I heritauce bv fraud Mr. Philips, on ihe o :icr hand, entered upon-his by csj.onaing thecaiisc office fpecch, which had been murdered in the person of Elijah P. Lovejoy, shot down by a mob at Iton, in Illinois, while defending ' his ollice and his press From that lime, lSIIiJ, to the ores- cut Mr. Phillips has been one of the most conspicuous and well-known defenders 'if "free speech and free men on : lie rostrum and in the press, ins arstoeralic family one of Ihe oldest and most diMinguishcd in Boston interposed no obstacle to Lis espousal of the cause of the Southern slaves, and for forty years Mr. Phillips iias been the consistent champion of their rights, denouue- to light the battle of liberty in times and in the mid-t of circumstances of reproach and peril wlrch would have ca..sed a Ics? heroic soul to subside into his elegant home on Beacr n Hill and enjoy his "otiiini cum digmtale" as Cicero did in the environs of Koine. But Wendell Phillips was made for a moral hero, and was not spoilsd in the making ; and a lite of unexampled devotion lo the ciuse of justice has been Ihe result. As an orator it may be iruihfulfy said he has few peers. He has not Ihe exploshe, intensely emotional style of Beecher, which sometimes lifts an audience to their feel, or the drainstie power of (iough, which alternately convulses with laughter and melts to tears; but lie is a far more scholarly and polished speaker Hum cither, and in ihe use of the English tongue for purposes of oratory has no npcrior since the time of Burke. His thoughts compact and logical, his rhetoric faultless, his voice melodious, his presence commanding, his convictions profound, his maniicroc-liberate but earnest, no man of this generation has excelled, if any has i - - - j equaled, Mr. Phillips. Chicago In- icr-O'-can. Hoiv a lloro Iisloi was aiausscd by nil Old Farmer. fl-'ro .i the KeoUuk CoiHtiitition . Last night Andrew Shnonson, who lives at Melrose, In this county, was aroused 15' a noise proceeding from the front of his house, and gelling no to ilis- 'cover the cause, tic found a gang ol three men advancing toward the house, who knocked at the front door and demanded admitanec. Not relishing Hip looks of the crowd, Mr. S. . alter barricading the lower floors established Iiknseit and wife up stairs and awaited the approach of the gang, after lefusiiig them admittance when they knocked at Ihe rout door. The thieves forced an entrance through the front entrance on the lower floor, and finding but poor plunder there, tried to cfltct an entrance into tlie stccud story. After hi ing bullied by the blockade which Mr. S. (iccted, they left the house and proceed) d to the outside, put up a ladder, and attempted to force an entrance into the second (story window and smashed a glass. As the glass was shattered; Mr. S. wa3 at the wii.dow and Hie yillinn on the lop of the ladder thrut his arm through and presented an old-fashioned horse pitol, loaded and capped. Mr. Shnonson seized the barrel ot the weapon anil wirnnli-cil it from the hand of the thief, just as the load was discharged. The bullet whizzing by his head and lodged in the oiling. Mr. S. kept posses.-inn of the pistol, and finally succeeded in driving the thieves from the house. Alter their lcpulsc Ihe rascals proceeded t. the barn and captured three valuable Inures all without shoes on and made good their escape. Mr. Siinonsou was in the city to-diy, and notified the police lorce of his Joss. He ceulil give no account of the thieves. except that there were two white men j wi,0 Iwil a nepro boy with t! em, whom - . J . ' , I they tried to put through a pane of glass they broke out of a window in the lower story. Winlcr Lite in London. Life in London begins and cuds a!(J j,, C (j,iv The verv crossing sweepers do not turn out till ten o'clock, anil no newsboys rouse ihe sleeping echoes ofotir streets at the unearthly hour of eight. Everything encourages a man lo lie in bed late of a morning. If he gets up at ' nmo lie win uiiuoic over inc iiousc A t . t 1 1 t.iu ,...i..:,tA Ar.n.. n.i.l main q jinn I'.ii.sitiu j.iu iiuui j 4ui even the cloth will not be laid for breakfast. Tho great "West End"' docs not seem to be fairly and about till three or four in the afternoon. Towards six the streets arc crowded I snd Burlington Arcade begins lo put , .tg livcHcst fa(.c At eight one i .i gOPS tO UlllllCr, ill.U ll I u ll c humi; t men than ladies present, you will get away before 11:30. Thus at. this time of tho year, the Londoner gels along wilh an infinitesimal quantity of daylight, and it is lucky for him Hint he l aDle io no so, lor me skj i h.thlrn by fogs nnd.vapors. and until one gets used to it, the heavy mid I il . H sombre air tins onewiiu ine -uuies, and gives mp dismal presentments ' of up,roiu,.iiii evil. -UILIHCIN slam;. The richness and varioty of Amer lean slang is remarked upon by al most nil English travelers, who, how - ,' ever, might find at home, in the Ian guagc of high born people, depari ures from purity quiie as frequent and as great as those prevalent with us. although nerhans not so 'rea t. for it must be confe.-sed that most of our slang is course .-.nd offensive, at least I in form. But the most remarkable i peculiarity in, 'regard to slang, or in- deed in regard to any new fanglc in language, is the quickness with which it is adopted, and comes, if not into general use, into general knowledge. This readiness of adaptability lo slang may. however, be attributed almost entirely to the (reporters and iiiakcrs-up of our newspapers, who catch eagerly at anything new in phraseology,. ns .well as in fact, to give a temporary interest to their ephemeral writing. Here for example, is the wonT bnlldofie," t do occasion of our remarks. A man who went on a journey to South America or to Europe four months ago would have departed in the depths of deplorable ignorance as to the very existence of this loely word; returning now, he would find it in full pos session ot l lie newspapers appearing in correspondence, in reports, in sensational head-lines, and even in leading articles. Although to the ! manor born, he would be puzzled at ; the phraseology of the very newspa- j per which mingled itself with his earliest recollections and with his breakfast : for there he would liud the new word in all possible forms and under all possible modifications : bnlldose, the noun ; to b:iI!do.e, the verb; bulldozing, tl.e present participle ; bulldoed. ihe j ast paniciplc; and even to the horror of tho author of "Words and their Ucs," and in spite of him, being bulldosed, ".he coniinuing participle of tho passive voice." Such a phenomenon in language is peculiar to this country. But notwithstanding the fears of ihepuiisls and the philologers, it .Iocs not threaten the existence of the English language heir, nor is it at all likely to tiled it permanently even by the a ldition of one phrase or word. For our use of slang; cf this kind is the most ileeling of temporary fashions. Such slang passes rapidly into use and into general recognition, and passes as quickly out again. Barllett's Dictionary ol Americanisms is full words of this kind "locofoco," for example which lived their shcrt lives, and then passed not oniy out of use but out of memory. While they are in vogue, howeer, Ihey deform our speech, ami they tend to increase our habits ot looseness in language; and thty bring reproach upon us such as that with an allusion to which we began this item. For our reputation's sake we ohoiild slop this: it subjects us with some reason to ridicule. But we shall not stop, because the men who could &ti it the editors will not do so. Very few papers in the country oulv two or three are really edited as to the language used in them ; and as to the slang of this sort, it is regarded as something pleasant to the ears ot the average reader, who is supposed to think it funny, Galaxy for January.A msii shcrirr on liis oiffulty. Gen. Mattoon, of Amberst, Mass., formerly sheriff of Hampton county, on starting one snowy winter many years ago to drive lo Xorthamptoi. to open court, met a team and shouted to the driver, "Turn out! I am High Sheriff of the county." The man pulled his coat collar up around his cars and replied, "I don't care who you are; I'm in no great hurry." The result was that the General had to unhitch and lead his horse by, while i he stranger went his way. Meeting another team before reaching Iladley. the SheriU tried the same game with better success, saying, "Turn out ! I am High Sheriff of the county. If on don't, I'll serve you as I did a fellow I met back here a piece." The man unhitched in a jiffy and put his sleigh on the bank and let the Sheriff pass, and, as he did so called out to him, "What did you do with that fellow back there?" "Oh,'" said the General, "he wouldn't turn out, so I turned out." The bill "to rrgtihle immigration," introduced in the House of Kepresenta-lives by Mr. Cox, meets with opposition trom every quarter. If is claimed that it Is opposed to the spirit of the United States treaties with loicign powers, and that it violates the comity of nations by preventing free ingrcs into the Uniteil States. The New YorX Times characterized the bill (which proposes a tax ot a heau money on every immigrant ar- riving in the ports ol tlie Untt-d Slates) as a measure ttfdiscouragc foreign immi , .. gration. and says: "Asa matter ot principle, a capitation tax is nidefensi- ble; as a matter ot expediency, it is unwise. The bill is as ungenerous as it is impolitic." Tbc Surplus Geneva Award. The Americans arc puzzled to know what to do with the money paid under tfie Geneva Award. They have paid up all claims, and the Alabama Commission ceased to exist at the end of the year, but there is a surplus of XI. 800,000 remaining undistributed. Part of this has accrued from interest, but the whole sum now lies at the disposal of Congress and the President. " It is said that there is.r strong feeling in the .United Stale? 'In fayor ot "returning ihe balance to Great Britain, and we can only hope that it may be influential enough to affect the action ot Congress. Such an act of polit ical honesty would vdo more tp make lUtUre arbitrations'possible, and ton; stoietlie confidence of Great Britain in the American people, than a dozen. trea iies,ojndrwe are not without hope that it may be. performed'. There is sometimes a deficiency of justice over 'there, espeel ally aboutlioundry claims, but, -tbero Is never' a ddhiencyof generosity. This countrv decs not want the mom y,' brf-it doe want evidence that the Aran in pressing the Alabama. c1aimi'U!ffb ly, sought only juiuw. l.ouiwjigwij tator. t.-.vi-: ij . ;'i:t::v. A rmi u-rase came up in the court of common pleas yesterday. Leopold Stern, a member of the modest, guild of "ooni-n -rci 1 travelers" Ins begun a suit against Ins employers, Sarto Newman, of this city, to obtain $900 lor special service. The story of the plaiuiifl is that .one of the members ot Ibc firm' Was cuamorejl of a maiden in Xcw Orleans. The claims of bus iness were too urgent to permit his absence from this city ; the demands of love were equally pressing. Loth to choose between Cupid and cupidity, he finally selected Stern as his matrimonial envoy, gave him carlo blanche to conduct the wooing of the Southern bcauty4.uL.-lyaS2? Ihe address of his'"nrrrimrriif---sued the even tenor of hisititines8 life. Xeed it be said that tlie Sjcrri, chase, though long, Svas lmccessful r" " The commercial traveler was equal to the occasion. How he conducted this vicarious wooing will foreyer remain a mvsterv. bufuec it to sa that he'put hiiii'.clf in iii3 employer's place more adroitly than Charics Bcade's hero could have done, and was present at the hymeneal a.ltar when business and beauty were made one flesh. The sentiment of this storv ended here : now enters the sordid clement. Before the honeymoon had ovauctl Stem began lo grow impatient. His employer was paiufUlv reticent about the pay for his sen ices. AVheii a personal demand wn made by Stern the ungrateful husband thought that five hundred dollars would fully compensate for his special service in the Ciescent City. The traveler would listen to no such cheapening of his work; demanded 'JUO; was refused ; hence Ihe suit Xcw York Tribune. Is I'olitc Society I'olilo! From the St I,otiU Republican Stat tilt. 1 The appearance of Mrs. Jtd a Ward Howe, of Boston, at Washington University hall Inst evening drew lorth a very appreciative audience, a goodly portion being ladies. The speaker was introduced by Prof. Harris, superintendent ot the public schools, and uttered ft once upon her subject: "I Polite Society Polite?" She said th.it she iuteiid.il to ask rather than to answer the question. She defined polite society to be that portion of society that arrogates to itself to be the standard of taste and t!i3 embodiment ol good manners. Her purpose would be not to s.itiriz', but so expose its abuses and short-comings. The politeness that is but skin-deep and lull of grimaces and contortions represented nothing real. A man that is honestly: rough has at least one good quality-honesty. When the sott voice is heard we have but to look in the face and it tells the story of sincerity or msir eerily. Tlie speaker then gavea thorough analysis of the various phases oftruv;--pnliti-u ess, illustrating her theme l'rc:n the Scriptures,-the writings of Mines. Dj Stael anil Sevtgne anJ the novels of Balzac. Khe gave a .scathing rebuke of the unmannerly treatment accorded the age anil also that frequently received by the poor relations of purse proud people who had lit le regard for the lies of natural affection. In this connection an Incident was related. In a dead lirle town ot New England where she read her lecture, there appeared such a li-tlcss indilVereneo to what she was saying that she concluded she might as well have spoken to a? many wooden nine-pins. But the seed sown had not fallen altogether in stony places. The next morning she was informed that a man who had put his brother in a poor house had concluded to take him out alter heat ing wh it Mrs. Howe had said about it. The'aflVetaiion of ex-elusiveness, the ridiculous pretensions of the parvenue. the forwardness of Inexperienced youth, Ihe absurditv of polito teligion, of polite learning ami pedantry, were sketch il with a iiia-ter-haii-I, and held up so true to n itare and tlie experience of all, that the speaker was greeted with frequent applause. The esiay was throughout itplcte with sound thought and apt illustrations. Its delivery Listed about one hour. IIOTLIFUL, PROSPECTS. rx. Y. Correspondence rMIad.Ii.hia Lvdj-r Business men are talking ver hopefully of the prospects of tho coming spring trade, and it is proper to say letters from their correspon dents and agents, from about all parts of the country, received witliiu the week or I wo past, are of a char acter to abundantly justify it.--Tho details would make a column of good reading for the Ledger, but tt is enough to say here that the reasons which they bring to the support of their statements are such as can not well be disputed. Stocks ol goods of almost every description arc unpre- cedcntedly low, and prices arc prob ably down to points beyond which there can hardly be a "lower deep." Another year of close economy ami saving lias increased the nbihtr of the farmers ami most other classes to take advantage of the opportunity thus presented to come into the mar ket. The weak spots in the credit system have been unearthed, and i is believed we have got through with' bankruptcies and fail ures.- Moncv is so abundant, and the opporlunitien for profitable investments are so scarce, that the capitalist .class will be less reluctant than they havp'Dcen , : since the panic to embark in now enterprises. As to the political-dis pute, there are but few merchants or business men now who anticipate oth- er than a peeceablc adjustment of it,- " As long as it is undecided, of ,courso it is felt to be more jov leSk of a "skeleton at thfeast,".r but lujjjfi'l- f eton is not expected loMarri' "with us in rftiy eyeut after tlie second "'TijcsV" ciay oi ner One fffeitTrccently. while meeting was In progress at CHTAtttDi thjk t-luri. school hous,Vin .Barry out. AffeMijfrXlt.t lie nnu wrme;fta,eo "Aanipoti" ; niglif. ,tj WasW imuiHi aru la tfikin;' Hklng lranger enter at. as Mm -i 1 sri ,-. U ' 7 ,1 r'rfiiaffe Mo. l,.v-7 ni without being Ured